Can We Fall, One More Time?

Chapter 9: Alone Together

It's 9:30 in the morning when our class president messaged me, asking if I could help her sign all the clearances of our classmates. I was hesitant at first dahil tinatamad akong mag commute, ayaw ko rin namang mang gulo sa mga kaibigan ko na tulog pa dahil tahimik pa ang buong unit but she said that they're going to fetch me kaya um-oo nalang ako.

Tapos na ang lunch nang dumating sila and apparently, Lucas is the one driving.

"Sinong nakatira diyan?" Lucas asked, looking at the rearview mirror.

"Si Ethan." I answered, assuming that he knows him. For sure naman kilala niya.

Nagulat ako nang sabay na tumingin sa akin si Erica, our class president and Edward, her boyfriend.

"Why?" I asked.

"Anong ginagawa mo don?" Erica asked.

"Doon ako natulog," I casually said but that seems to make them more engaged, now I think I know what they are thinking, "It's not just us, nandon ang buong banda."

"All boys?" muli akong napatingin sa harapan nang sumingit si Lucas.

I nodded. "Yes. I mean, we're friends, it's nothing."

Buong maghapon, tahimik lang si Lucas. I think he is not in the mood kaya kahit apat kami na sama sama, tahimik lang kami. Erica and Edward are the only one that are talking.

After we were able to have the signs of all the needed people, we parted ways with the couple. May pupuntahan pa daw kasi sila.

"You can go home now, may hihintayin lang ako," Pag dadahilan ko. Nahihiya na akong magpahatid dahil sa tingin ko ay wala talaga siya sa mood.

"Wanna watch a movie?"

Although I am not into movie, pumayag na ako. Sa way kasi nang pag tanong niya parang hindi siya tumatanggap ng hindi.

I thought we're going to a cinema but I was wrong, we entered a house. Public figure nga pala ang girlfriend niya and that made him expose too, he still needs to be careful kahit wala lang naman ako sa kanya.

"Bahay ito ng lola ko. She's on vacation so I am looking after it."

Nag taka ako nang maglabas siya ng susi. The house is big, it's impossible na wala silang katulong after knowing na lola na lang niya ang nakatira dito.

"Walang tao sa loob?" tumingin siya sa akin bago niya tuluyang buksan ang pintuan.

"Day off ng mga katulong for the whole week."

Just like what he said, we only watched movies, no monkey business, no anything.

Well, that's what I thought…

Naramdaman ko ang kamay niya sa tagiliran ko. I look at him but he is just focused on what we are watching. Imposibleng hindi niya alam ang ginagawa niya.

Biglang bumigat ang pag hinga ko nang maramdaman ko ang kamay niya sa balat ko. I am wearing a crop top and his hand slides down on my bare skin.

It wasn't this hot awhile ago,

"How often do you sleep at your friend's place?" He asked. Is he trying to distract me? It's not working.

"Whenever there's a video to record tapos inabot na ako ng gabi, birthdays, sometimes random reasons lang."

I tried to compose myself, kunwari wala lang sa akin pero sa totoo lang ay ang hirap nang huminga.

"They're lucky to have a friend like you."

Sasagot pa lang sana ako nang naramdaman ko ang pag pisil niya sa tagiliran ko. I gasp in surprise, hindi ko na napigilan na tumingin sa kanya and there I found out that he is also looking at me.

I swear I want to move, I want to look away pero para akong naistatwa. I can't move an inch, I can't look away.

He is going near… and near… hanggang ss maramdaman ko na ang hininga niya, it sent shiver down my spine. I doubt that he can feel mine, hindi na ako makahinga.

What are we doing? Diba mali to? Why are we like this? Isang maling galaw, our lips will do something that we shouldn't.

Ring…

And that brings me back to my senses. Agad akong tumayo para sagutin ito.

After the phone call which is my parents who said they're home, bumalik ako sa loob para mag paalam kay Lucas.

"Uuwi na ako," I said, ni hindi ako makatingin sa mga mata niya.

"Hatid na kita." sabi naman niya, he looks unbothered, as if nothing happened.

I shook my head, I'm sure it will be my death being on a close space with him after what almost happened.

"Hindi na." Agad akong tumakbo palabas pagkatapos non. I was supposed to say thank you pero hindi ko na tinuloy. Thank you saan? Sa muntik nang pag gawa ng kasalanan?

3rd Person's POV

"What do you do when a girl sleeps at your place?" He asked his friend who is currently wrapping weeds.

"Unless they're my cousin, you know what's gonna happen. Kapag nakalapag na ang grasya, ano ang gagawin mo? Grab the opportunity. A girl won't sleep on a guy's house without any reason. What would it make them? Alam nila kung ano ang pinapasok nila."

He nodded, "Right. A friend cannot be just a friend on one roof."

"Gusto mo?" Dave asked, showing a wrapped weeds.

Lucas look at it for a while, his mind contemplating. "I told myself that I'm gonna stop and I've been doing well for a few months but give me some."

Lucas light up the blunt,

'Boys will always be boys, they have needs that they can't control when girls offer themselves' he thought.